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Thai Bourse Improves Its Websites To Be Full-Service Information Center

Date 13/03/2012

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has renovated its websites – www.set.or.th andwww.settrade.com – to be a full-service financial and investment information center with easy access for all levels of users, and the exchange is also launching mobile access via m.settrade.com from April.

ASIC Consults On Regulatory Approach To Platforms

Date 13/03/2012

ASIC today announced it is reviewing its regulatory approach to platforms as part of broader efforts to promote investor confidence in the sector.

FIA Comments On CME Donohue Announcement

Date 12/03/2012

The Futures Industry Association today issued the following statement in response to the announcement by the CME Group that Craig Donohue will step down as chief executive officer in December:

"Craig is the epitome of the new generation of exchange leaders that came of age during the demutualization wave and the globalization of the exchange business," said John Damgard. "Under his leadership, the CME transformed itself into a professionally managed, shareholder-responsive organization that set the standard for the industry. He's been a tremendous asset to this industry and to the FIA, and I wish him the best of luck in the next stage of his career."

U.S.A Federal Reserve Releases Paper Describing Methodology Used In 2012 Comprehensive Capital Analysis And Review Stress Test

Date 12/03/2012

The Federal Reserve on Monday released a paper describing the methodology used in the stress test in the 2012 Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) as well as the templates for disclosure of the summary results, which will be issued at 4:30 p.m. EDT on Thursday, March 15.

Keynote Address At PLI - Eleventh Annual Institute On Securities Regulation In Europe By Meredith Cross, Director, Division Of Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission

Date 12/03/2012

Introduction

Thank you David [Greenwald] for that kind introduction. I appreciate the invitation to come to speak to you. It is a pleasure to be back in London addressing this conference. I was last here two years ago, in 2010. Quite a lot has happened in that time.

CME Group Launches New Thought-Provoking Online Magazine - Company's Award-Winning Magazine And Innovative Thought Leadership Site Come Together In One-Stop Shop For Perspective On Global Finance

Date 12/03/2012

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the launch of the company's new online magazine Open Markets.  The comprehensive new site publishes a variety of content including magazine-style feature stories, blog posts, videos, photos and news articles.  It combines in-depth information that characterized the company's former print publication, CME Group Magazine, with the global perspective of the company's thought leadership site and blog. 

NYSE Euronext Announces Date For First Quarter 2012 Earnings Release And Conference Call

Date 12/03/2012

NYSE Euronext (NYX) will announce earnings for the first quarter 2012 before the market opens on Monday, April 30, 2012. A news release will be issued at approximately 2:30 a.m. (New York) / 8:30 a.m. (Paris) and a conference call with remarks by NYSE Euronext senior management will begin at 8:00 a.m. (New York)/ 2:00 p.m. (Paris). A presentation will be referenced during the call and available on our website at http://ir.nyse.com/.

CME Group Announces Year-End Retirement Of CEO Craig Donohue - Board To Expand Role Of Executive Chairman Terrence Duffy And Name Phupinder Gill CEO Upon Completion Of Leadership Transition

Date 12/03/2012

The Board of Directors of CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that Craig Donohue, the company's Chief Executive Officer since 2004, has informed them he will step down when his contract expires in December 2012. As part of the company's succession plan, the Board has appointed Terrence Duffy, who is currently Executive Chairman, to the expanded role of Executive Chairman and President andcurrent President Phupinder Gill to Chief Executive Officer when Donohue's contract expires. Additionally, the Board extended Duffy's and Gill's contract agreements. Donohue, Duffy and Gill, who have worked together in the Office of the CEO for the last eight years, will work together over the next several months, to effectuate an orderly leadership transition.

CFTC Charges Florida Firm Angus Jackson, Inc. And Its CFO Martin H. Bedick With Making False, Fictitious, Or Fraudulent Statements To The NFA - Martin B. Rosenthal, An Unregistered Trader, Allegedly Aided And Abetted Bedick In Making False And Misleading Statements To The NFA; Rosenthal Is Also Charged With Violating A Trading Prohibition For Failure To Comply With An Existing CFTC Order

Date 12/03/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today filed a civil enforcement action against Angus Jackson, Inc. (Angus Jackson) of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Martin H. Bedick, Angus Jackson’s Chief Financial Officer, of Boca Raton, Fla., and Martin B. Rosenthal of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, charges the defendants with making false statements to, and concealing material facts from, the National Futures Association (NFA). The complaint also charges Rosenthal with violating a prior CFTC order and acting as an unregistered commodity trading advisor (CTA).

Hellenic Republic Bonds Settlement Completion

Date 12/03/2012

The Hellenic Republic today announced that it had completedthe exchange of the €177,252,131,542 outstanding principal amount of bonds issued bythe Republic and governed by Greek law pursuant to its invitations of 24 February 2012.All holders of such bonds became bound by the proposed amendments pursuant to theGreek Bondholder Act upon the Council of Minister’s acceptance on Friday, 9 March2012 of the consents received by the Republic by 9:00 p.m. CET on 8 March 2012. Bydelivering the consideration described in the invitations, the Republic discharged in fullits obligations to the holders of the Republic’s amended Greek-law governed bonds.